Today's Sports

TELL CITY—Family involvement’s helping them achieve their goals was a common theme from Wes Davis, Pat Malone and Dave Schank as they were inducted into Tell City High School’s Athletic Hall of Fame Friday.

LEOPOLD—Perry Central used its quickness to force 20 turnovers and beat West Washington 59-46 in PLAC boys basketball Fri-day.
“I thought the game was played more to our tempo—it was pretty much up and down,” said Perry Central Coach Matt Carter.
“They had some big kids inside, 6-5 and 6-6 (Clayton Sullivan and Chad Thompson), who hurt us inside in the first half. The second half we tried to make some adjustments by doubling down on them more.

LYNNVILLE—Perry Central’s Travis James and Hunter LaGrange have been named to the Region 9 senior all-star football team in voting by the region’s coaches.
Only players from the South’s five all-region teams are eligible for Indiana’s North-South all-star game in July. The South team will be selected in March.
James made all-region on the offensive line, where he has been a star blocker for Perry Central’s potent running game the last two years.

INDIANAPOLIS—Tell City and Perry Central drew into the bracket they preferred and Cannelton drew a key rematch in girls basketball sectional pairings drawn by the IHSAA Sunday.
Tell City and Perry Central will play in the seven-team Class 2A sectional at Forest Park. Both drew into the bracket opposite Mater Dei, which is ranked No. 1 in the state, and Southridge, which is ranked No. 6.
Tell City will play Forest Park in the first game Tuesday at 6 p.m. (all times listed are Perry County times).

MOUNT VERNON—Tell City committed 32 turnovers in a 52-23 girls basketball loss to Mount Vernon Saturday.
“We played a pretty good first quarter (trailing only 12-11),” said Tell City Coach John Lyons. “Then we just started making turnovers and it went downhill from there.
“We took a 14-13 lead early in the second quarter; then Mount Vernon went on a 33-0 run. It was 46-14 in the fourth quarter before we scored again.

LINCOLN CITY—A swarming defense helped start a late second quarter rally which catapulted Heritage Hills past Tell City 47-34 in PAC girls basketball Tuesday.
The Patriots (7-13 overall, 5-2 in the PAC) created 22 turnovers, forcing the Marksmen (7-12, 2-5) to give the ball away on their final six possessions of the first half. The Patriots ended the half on an 8-0 run to take a commanding 24-13 lead.

LEOPOLD—Perry Central committed 27 turnovers in a 42-37 PLAC girls basketball loss to Mitchell Saturday.
“We played hard but we didn’t play with very much mental intensity,” said Perry Central Coach Bill Dickerson. “Mitchell pressed a little bit, but it was not anything we didn’t see at (Springs) Valley.
“It’s just really frustrating to play like that when we’ve been playing a lot better.”

NEW HARMONY—Cannelton hit only 19.6 percent from the field in a 53-35 girls basketball loss to New Harmony Friday.
The Bulldogs shot better from three-point range (24.0 percent) than from two-point range (16.1 percent).
“We couldn’t do anything,” said Cannelton Coach Mike Garrett. “We had almost as many fouls as we had points.
“We couldn’t get to the basket (because of charging calls) and we missed a lot of defensive rebounds we should’ve got.”

LANESVILLE—Perry Central made six of its first 10 three-point shots in beating Lanesville 61-42 in boys basketball Saturday.
For the game the Commodores made 8 of 15 from behind the three-point line. They hit 3 of 4 in the first quarter.
“The reason (our three-pointers) were going in was we were taking good shots,” said Perry Central Coach Matt Carter.